Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File R. 3811, Earl Frizel, Mass. & (Some Later War)

SERVICE
NUMBER
Mass.
Frizel, Carl
R. 3811
2
(some later War?)
CONTENTS

State of Illinois ss County of Henderson
County Court Decided Decided Term A.D. 1849
On this day personally appeared in open Court before the county Court of Henderson County State of Illinois, Hon W m C. Lee presiding Judge now sitting. Carl Frizzell a resident of the said county and State of said aged eighty four (84) years who being duly sworn according to law doth on his oath make the following Declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress passed June 7 th 1832.
That he entered the service of the United States under the following named officers and served as therein stated, to wit: That he the said Carl Frizzell entered the army of the United States at Northfield Massachusetts under Capt Elisha Alexandria (or Alexander) in the first Company Eleventh Regiment of volunteers on or about the first day of June in the year A.D. 1778 and that he with numerous other persons of his company and regiment who had been with him mustered into service were discharged on or about the day of A.D. 1778 there then being no further need of their services. And he having been employed in the field during a period of Nine months .
The names of the officers whom he distinctly recollects are besides his Captain Elisha Alexandria of the first company Eleventh Regiment Massachusetts volunteers, Capt Seth Lyman, Capt John Tiffany and Ensign Medad Alexandria (or Alexander).

That his residence was at the time of his enlistment in the army aforesaid, near the town of Northfield Franklin County State of Massachusetts.
That he was a volunteer and was marched to the battle of Plymouth in the south east part of the state aforesaid, also he was at  Crown Point sometimes previous from which place he was marched to Plymouth, but did not arrive in time to take any active part of the engagement.
That he, the said deponent was in the field service, and during the time in which such service was performed, he was not engaged in any civil pursuit.
This deponent further says that he marched through Brattleborough, Bennington, Manchester, Rupert and Whitehall at the head of Chouplouin Lake on his way to Crown Point and then was marched back to Northfield in Massachusetts, and some distance on the way several days march to Plymouth until intercepted by the news of the battle being over.
This deponent says that during his period of service, according to the best of his recollection - Captain Elisha Alexander became Colonel of the Regiment and John Tiffany became Captain of his Division. And that his recollection does not serve him as to any other officers than those heretofore mentioned except Ensign Medad Alexander in the last part of this Division mentioned and Old General Wolf commanding at Crown Point.
And also this deponent saith further, that he has no documentary evidence, and that he

knows of no person now living whose testimony he can procure. Who can testify to his service. This deponent says that according to the best of his knowledge and information none of the Company discharged with him had any written discharge. But that they were regularly mustered out of service. And that on account of his then youthfulness, want of Education, and non-acquaintance with the uses and advantages of such written instruments, and never expecting to call upon the government for support, he had never thought to secure any such written Evidence.
This deponent further says, that many witnesses by whom he could have proved all the necessary facts have years since died. The probability of which his own extreme age, and the distance of the events, together with his removal some years since to the West for remoter from these scenes of his youth. He hopes will prove satisfactory to the Department.
This deponent further says that he had determined not to call on the government for aid so long as he could support himself by his own labor. But misfortune - the hardships incident to the settlement of a new country - and old age coming with united force upon him, have prostrated the once "strong and athletic old man" so that for the last seven or eight years he has been dependent upon the kind charity of his friends, and the hospitalities of his son, who though gratefully willing to sustain him in his decrepitude, and administer to the growing necessities of his declining years, is already laboring under

heavy burdens, and really unable to give the attention and bestow the expense rendered necessary by the extreme age and fast growing ability of this deponent
This deponent hereby relinquishes any claim whatever to a pension or annuity. Except the present and declares that his name is not on the pension roll of the agency of any State
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid
Earl Frizell
We, James D. Chaffee a clergyman, residing in the town of Ozaukee, county of Henderson and State of Ills and Peleg Gifford, and Reuben W. Young residing in the town and county and state aforesaid hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with Earl Frizzell who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe in the neighborhood him to be eighty four years of age, that he is respected and beloved, in the neighborhood where he resides, to have been a soldier of the revolution; and that we concur in that opinion

Interrogatories required by the War Department
1 st = When, and in what year were you born? Answer, I was born in the State of Vermont, do not recollect the County, but do the town. it was the Town of Essex. I was born on the 11 th day of December 1765.
2 d = Have you any record of your age, and if so where is it?
Answer I had a record of my age, but lost it in coming to Ohio Country . It since the year 1817. I have kept the day & year I was born on my cane.
3 d Where were you living when called into service; Where have you been Where have you lived since the revolutionary war, and where do you now live?
Answer I was living in the town of Northfield in the State of Massachusetts, I lived in Massachusetts until 1817. I then moved into Vermont , New York, and staid about a year and then moved back in to Vermont, I then moved to Ohio, and landed at Marietta Ohio, on the 31 st of November 1817. a year ago last fall, I left the town of West Liberty, Ohio and removed to Agawam, I now live in this County
4 th = How were you called into service; were you drafted, did you volunteer, or were you a substitute for whom?
Answer I volunteered.

5 th = State the names of some of the regular officers who were with the troops where you served; such continental officers and Militia regiments as you can recollect; and the general circumstances of your service.
Answer. Captain Elisha Alexander or Alessandra, Captain Seth Lyman, Capt. John Tiffany, Ensign Medad Alexander, I belonged to the first Company of the Eleventh Regiment.
6 th = Did you ever receive a discharge from the service; and if so by whom was it given and what has become of it?
Answer. I received no written discharge, but was dismissed and went home, with the rest of the Company.
7 th = State the names of persons to whom you are known in your present neighborhood, and who can testify as to your character and for veracity, and their belief of your services as a soldier of the revolution.
Answer. Deuben W. Young, Samuel A Snook & Peleg Gifford

And the said County Court of the County and State aforesaid do hereby declare their opinion, after the investigation of the matter, and after putting the interrogatories prescribed by the War Department, that the above named applicant Earl Grayell, was a revolutionary soldier, and served as he states. And the Court further certifies, that it appears to them that James F. Chaffee who has signed the preceding certificate, is a clergyman residing in the town of Genowka and County of Henderson and State aforesaid. And that Peter Gifford and Reuben W. Young are credible persons and that their statement is entitled to credit.
William C. Rice Presiding Judge G. W. Penny Associate } Henderson Daniel Edmunds Justices } County
State of Illinois County of Henderson
I Charles S. Arment Clerk of the County Court in and for said County do certify that William C. Rice whose name appears subscribed to the foregoing certificate as Presiding Judge, and G. W. Penny and Daniel Edmunds whose names also appear subscribed to said certificate as Associate Justices were at the time of signing thereof Justices of the said County Court, the same being a Court of Record, and that the above are their genuine signatures.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto subscribed my name and affixed the seal of said Court at Genowka this 31 st day of December A.D. 1849 Charles S. Arment Clerk

State of Illinois Henderson County } 55
I, Charles S. Arnold, Clerk of the County Court, in and for said County, do certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court, in the matter of the application of Earl Brizel for a Pension.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of Office at Havana this 31 st day of Dec. under A.D. 1849.
Charles S. Arnold Clerk

April 23, 1925
Mrs. Helen N. Rupp 304 South Main St., Monmouth, Ill.
Madam:
I have to advise you that from the papers in the Revolutionary War pension claim R. 3811 it appears that Earl Frizel was born December 11, 1765 in Essex, Vermont.
While living in Oquawka, Henderson County, Illinois he applied for pension December 31, 1849 and stated that while residing in Northfield, Franklin County, Massachusetts he enlisted June 1, 1778 and served nine months in Captains Elisha Alexander and John Tiffany's Company, in the Eleventh Regiment of Massachusetts volunteers.
His claim was not allowed as he failed to furnish proof of the alleged service as required by the pension laws.
After the Revolution he lived in the state of New York, Marietta, Ohio, West Liberty, Ohio.
In 1850 it was stated that he also served in " the

last war", no details given.
Reference was made to his "son" and to "children", no names given and no further data on file as to his family.
Respectfully,
WILDER S. METCALF. Commissioner.

37.980.
Carl Strazzell
Illinois.
3811
Let Mrs. A. H. Jones Oct 4/50
Wor of June 1832

3811
P. O.
Carl Frigel
Service: _____
Enlisted: _____, 18
Discharged: _____, 18
Application filed: _____, 18
pg 25 - April 23 - Hiss: to Mrs. Helen M. Rupp
Alleges: Printed list of 1852 gives as cause of suspension: "For proof Re-enlisted: service by the Mass. Rolls - identified by witnesses."
Attorney: _____
P. O. _____
_____ Recognized. _____ Contract.
_____ Cert. of Dis. Searched for _____, 18

P. W. Jones
Feb. 1. 80

Pension Office 1 Oct. 1850
Sir:
The application of Earl Frizzell for a Pension has been received and examined. It is supported by nothing but his own statement. This cannot be received as sufficient, especially in view of the silence which he has preserved with regard to his claims ever since the Act of 3 rd June, 1832. When a party's own negligence in asserting his rights has cut him off from the possibility of procuring witnesses, that fact cannot be pleaded by him in support of his pretensions, as, in such case, the presumption is at least as strong against as for him.
If he served as he alleges the records of the State Department of Massachusetts contain evidence of the fact. He must bring this forward and show his name to prove that he must then prove by competent witnesses his identity with the man who understood such records as may be found entitled to them.
Geo. W. Jones Esq. Ogawawke Ill-

Wilmington, Ill. Feb. 27, 25-
Pension Dept.
Records Division, Revolutionary War.
Kindly send me a copy of the pension record of one Earl Frazell who applied from his home in Warren County, Ill. or that part of it which about 1840 was separated from Warren and named Henderson. He was buried in Henderson county. My chapter of the D.A.R. Society desire to mark his grave and need his record for that purpose.
Another Revolutionary soldier who died in Henderson county, 1856, was Jeremiah Rose. Whose home was in Charlstown, Me. He had four sons

and four daughters. One son Kiran came to Henderson to live. and the father came to visit him and died here in a few years. Did he have a pension record - probably from his home in Maine?
Thanking whoever may seek this in- formation for me, I am
Very truly
Mrs Helen Faye Rupp Registrar. D. A. R.
304 So. Main St.

P.S. The Henderson County Court of Dec. 1849 granted the application of Earl Frizzell (or Frazell) for a certificate for a pension from the U.S. Government for service in the Revolutionary War
Henderson County History
Page 553

P.S. The Henderson County Court of Dec. 1849, granted the application of Earl Frizzell (or Frazell) for a certificate for a pension from the U.S. Government for service in the Revolutionary War.
Henderson County History. Page 883.

Oquawka Jan'y 14 th 1855
Dear Sir
Enclosed I send you proceedings had in the case of Earl Frizzell, a revolutionary soldier, before the county court of Henderson County state of Illinois. The case is considered here a notorious one. Certainly, whether we have succeeded in making it appear so to the department or not.
Mr. Frizzell is very aged as will appear by the papers, and considerably worn with age and desert; he enlisted in the army at a very early age, about 13 years of age, but it will be remembered it was at a time when every thing that could bear a gun was in requisition, from his present appearances, and that of his children he must have acquired his growth at an early age, be that as it may, the evidences are such as perfectly to satisfy all around here that he has been in the Revolutionary Army. His memory is somewhat treacherous and at times, though brighter at others, and he is now quite deaf so that it is with difficulty questions could for be propounded to him in open court so as to get as full and elaborate answers, as might have been desired, though the old gentleman did his best and all were satisfied of his honesty, even if his well earned reputation

had not already given sufficient guarantee of their truth. This may account for any thing which may not appear quite as clear and distinct as is desirable in the course of the proceedings.
If any one is deserving of the favor and benefits of our Great Republic, surely it is he who had fought in his early days for the Establishment and maintenance of the liberty of which we so much boast. Congress has shown a laudable desire to do justice to this class of men, by making the law in relation to proof lenient .
This old gentleman also volunteered in the last war, and after some service was duly discharged. He has not ever applied for any other pension, but relies entirely on the revolutionary
This signature shows very plainly the state of things as described above. If ever there was a Meritorious case presented to your department, we are constrained to say, we believe this is one and hope it will meet with that kind consideration for which the department is already distinguished.
I have the honor to be Sir your most obedient And humble servant
Hon. S. S. Edwards Comm. of Pensions
D. M. W. Jones

P.S. Should anything be found wanting in the proceedings or seem to require explanation we hope you will not fail to afford the old gentlemen an opportunity to clear it up, or explain by writing me at an early period Respectfully
J. W. S.